Agricultural development and food security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Although the ECA countries are agriculturally heterogeneous in many ways, they share a common institutional history and, in certain respects, a common reform experience. The economic and institutional transformation that took place in the 1990s and 2000s had a dramatic effect on all these countries....
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| author | Burkitbayeva, Saule Liefert, William Swinnen, Johan |
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| description | Although the ECA countries are agriculturally heterogeneous in many ways, they share a common institutional history and, in certain respects, a common reform experience. The economic and institutional transformation that took place in the 1990s and 2000s had a dramatic effect on all these countries. However, the pace of transition from planned to market economy has differed greatly among them. Using a conceptual model, we illustrate and examine the key aspects of the agricultural transition process, some of which are still playing out in various ECA countries. In almost all countries, agricultural output fell substantially during the transition decade of the 1990s, especially in the livestock sector. Key reasons for the decline included the institutional and allocative disruptions and high transaction costs stemming from the move from planned to market economies, as well as the severe reduction in the large subsidies to agriculture under the planned system that maintained high-cost production. A dramatic decline in fertilizer use and crop prices in all ECA countries led to a strong drop in crop yields. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1423472025-12-08T10:06:44Z Agricultural development and food security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Burkitbayeva, Saule Liefert, William Swinnen, Johan farm structure nutrition security land use agricultural development food security agro-industrial sector water use Although the ECA countries are agriculturally heterogeneous in many ways, they share a common institutional history and, in certain respects, a common reform experience. The economic and institutional transformation that took place in the 1990s and 2000s had a dramatic effect on all these countries. However, the pace of transition from planned to market economy has differed greatly among them. Using a conceptual model, we illustrate and examine the key aspects of the agricultural transition process, some of which are still playing out in various ECA countries. In almost all countries, agricultural output fell substantially during the transition decade of the 1990s, especially in the livestock sector. Key reasons for the decline included the institutional and allocative disruptions and high transaction costs stemming from the move from planned to market economies, as well as the severe reduction in the large subsidies to agriculture under the planned system that maintained high-cost production. A dramatic decline in fertilizer use and crop prices in all ECA countries led to a strong drop in crop yields. 2021-02-01 2024-05-22T12:10:21Z 2024-05-22T12:10:21Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142347 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293830 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293854 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Burkitbayeva, Saule; Liefert, William; and Swinnen, Johan. 2021. Agricultural development and food security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world, eds. Keijiro Otsuka and Shenggen Fan. Part Two: Regional Issues in Agricultural Development, Chapter 7, Pp. 233-276. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293830_07. |
| spellingShingle | farm structure nutrition security land use agricultural development food security agro-industrial sector water use Burkitbayeva, Saule Liefert, William Swinnen, Johan Agricultural development and food security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
| title | Agricultural development and food security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
| title_full | Agricultural development and food security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural development and food security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural development and food security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
| title_short | Agricultural development and food security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
| title_sort | agricultural development and food security in eastern europe and central asia |
| topic | farm structure nutrition security land use agricultural development food security agro-industrial sector water use |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142347 |
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